The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEDoubt can only be removed by action.
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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
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Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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We know accurately only when we know little; doubt grows with knowledge.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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